2025-07-02
8 Forgotten Figures From the American Revolution, including Margaret Corbin, Joseph Brant,...
8 Forgotten Figures From the American Revolution, including Margaret Corbin, Joseph Brant, James Armistead Lafayette, and Joseph Plumb Martin. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
AI Task Length Horizons in Offensive Cybersecurity
Published on July 2, 2025 6:36 PM GMTThis is a rough research note where the primary objective was my own learning. I am sharing it because I’d love feedback and...
AI Task Length Horizons in Offensive Cybersecurity
Published on July 2, 2025 6:36 PM GMTThis is a rough research note where the primary objective was my own learning. I am sharing it because I’d love feedback and...
Microsoft cancels the Perfect Dark reboot that blew us away last year, closes developer The Initiative
Microsoft laid off 9,000 employees today, and cancellations and closures are following.
A new MMO in development at Elder Scrolls Online studio ZeniMax has been cancelled as Microsoft puts thousands more people out of work
Multiple ZeniMax employees have confirmed the cancellation, and layoffs at the studio.
Behind the Scenes, Sam Altman Is Absolutely Furious
The tug-of-war for artificial intelligence developers between Meta and OpenAI is devolving into a knock-down, drag-out fight. In an effort to revive his crumbling AI program, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg...
Slicing the (Kosher) Hate Salami
Published on July 2, 2025 6:11 PM GMTHow some vectors of hatred become taboo, and others get exemptThe Missing Discrimination ProtractorThe barest nub of a definition for the word discriminate...
On global homogenetic culture. “GHC is Trader Joe’s bags outside of the...
On global homogenetic culture. “GHC is Trader Joe’s bags outside of the States. GHC is people en masse wearing the same exact outfits on accident in public. GHC is adult...
Verification update: In April we announced a new form of verification to help you know which voices
Verification update: In April we announced a new form of verification to help you know which voices are authentic and noteworthy. We continue the verification process through Bluesky and our...
'Instantly lost all desire to even start': Mecha Break's Steam rating lands at an early 'Mixed' as players realize the beta's customization options have been turned into MTX fodder
The free-to-play mecha battler is forcing players to ask the eternal question: How much is a cool robot worth?
Large Object From Interstellar Space Detected Heading Toward Center of Solar System
A new interstellar object has been spotted careening into the solar system at an extremely unusual, hyperbolic trajectory. If its interstellar origins were to be confirmed, it'd only be the...
Agency vs AmbitionÂ
I want to believe that all product people are both ambitious and have high agency. But recently I’ve come to realize that this is not always the case.  It pains...
Race and Gender Bias As An Example of Unfaithful Chain of Thought in the Wild
Published on July 2, 2025 4:35 PM GMTSummary:Â We found that LLMs exhibit significant race and gender bias in realistic hiring scenarios, but their chain-of-thought reasoning shows zero evidence of...
Rare's Everwild has been cancelled amidst Microsoft's enormous cuts to staff and studios
The game had apparently been in production for a decade.
The Kindly Brontosaurus
I read this piece by Jessica Winter a few months ago and it’s come in handy a few times so I thought I’d share. If you want something from someone,...
Amazon will soon deploy more bots than it employs people now that it has a million robots
Wait, Amazon has over one million employees?
AT&T says 'um actually' to President Trump after he blames the internet provider for conference call woes
Maybe this one could have stayed in the drafts.
From Coinbase Ventures to the $28M Blockchain Builders Fund, Steven Willinger Unpacks Web3's Future
Discover Steven Willinger's journey from Google and Coinbase Ventures to leading the new Blockchain Builders Fund, focusing on Web3 innovation and the Stanford ecosystem.
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